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Ryegrass

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium. countable

    "Perennial ryegrass is an important species for lawn seed mixes."

  2. 2
    any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses wordnet
  3. 3
    A collection of plants of any of the species, as in a lawn or field. uncountable

    "We seeded the meadow with ryegrass to provide better forage."

Etymology

From rye + grass. But compare English ray grass.

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